Jobs
Unemployment insurance under attack
May 17, 2011Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives and in a number of states are out to kill, or at least cripple, unemployment insurance.
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People power takes over Wall Street
May 13, 2011An outpouring of 10,000 New Yorkers swept into lower Manhattan on May 12 to demand that Wall Street and the big billionaires pay their fair share.
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Nation’s largest home builder asked to account for $900 million grant
May 13, 2011In Michigan $900 million is missing and people want answers. Activists say PulteGroup Inc., the nations largest home builder, is to blame.
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What if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling?
May 6, 2011The Republicans are conducting a dangerous bluff intended to suck more cuts in working people's benefits and rights.
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Labor leaders call Democrats’ jobs plan a “start”
May 5, 2011The jobs plan unveiled yesterday by congressional Democrats is a step in the right direction, unions say.
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